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Comment by reaperducer

2 days ago

Just stop giving Amazon money—at this point you can only blame yourself.

Done. Mostly.

I dropped Prime last year, and have been surprised by the results.

1. I don't buy a bunch of pointless plastic crap that I don't need anymore. It was the thrill/affirmation/addiction of near-instant gratification delivery that made me buy stuff on impulse.

2. I've saved a bunch of money because of #1.

3. Unless it's same-day delivery, "Prime" delivery is meaningless. Even with Prime, about 80% of my same-day, next-day or second-day deliveries were delayed. A couple of times for a week or more. I can't count the number of times the Amazon.com delivery tracker told me "You're next!" with a little cartoon truck on a map next to my home. Then an hour later, "We're doing a few more deliveries first." And then "Delivery date unknown."

I do still occasionally buy from Amazon, when there's something I can't get locally. But without the instant gratification, I buy much less. And sometimes the things I do buy arrive with the same speed of Prime delivery anyway.

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vel0city  2 days ago

So you've pretty much dropped Amazon the ecommerce store/platform. But what about any online services you consume? So many things online these days have some amount of AWS hosting involved.

  • reaperducer  2 days ago

    I can only control my actions. I cannot control what other people do.

    • vel0city  2 days ago

      I fully agree. Just pointing out other things to think about when trying to avoid Amazon. Good luck on your journey.

fuomag9  2 days ago

If I need to to buy electronics here in Italy I either go on aliexpress (and goodbye warranty) or Amazon. There’s no Best Buy or Newegg here to go to